List of Publictions

PUBLICATIONS

Theses

Monographs

  • The Use and Interpretation of the Term “Hypostasis” in the Acts of the Ecumenical Councils: From Nicaea (325) to Chalcedon (451), Collecta Academica XLII, Ostracon Publishing, Thessaloniki 2023, 177 pp. (in Greek) (ISBN: 978-618-5518-30-1).
  • Theophanes of Nicaea’s Oration “On the Immaculate and All-Holy, Our Lady the Theotokos”: A Patristic and Dogmatic Approach, Ostracon Publishing, Thessaloniki 2016, 121 pp. (in Greek) (ISBN: 978-618-5146-35-1).
  • The Refutation of the Influence of Thomas Aquinas on Fourteenth-Century Byzantine Theology, Collecta Academica II, Ostracon Publishing, Thessaloniki 2014, 183 pp. (in Greek) (ISBN: 978-618-81197-2-7).
  • “Interpreting the Hesychast Controversy during the Preparation of an Ecumenical Council: Theophanes of Nicaea and the Latin Archbishop of Constantinople Paul”, Thesaurismata (forthcoming).

Articles and Book Chapters

  • “The Mystery of Repentance and Christological Dogma in Elder Joseph the Hesychast” (in Greek) (forthcoming).
  • “‘The Logos Extended Through the Centuries’: Maximian Terminology in the Ecclesiology of St Justin Popović”, in Vladimir Cvetković, Alex Leonas, and Daniel Heide (eds.), Maximus the Confessor and the Mystery of Divine Revelation: Festschrift in Honor of Professor Paul M. Blowers (forthcoming).
  • “Thomism in Late Byzantine Theology”, Lumen Veritatis 15.4, no. 61 (October–December 2023), quarterly journal of philosophy and theology published by the Instituto Filosófico Aristotélico Tomista (IFAT) and the Instituto Teológico São Tomás de Aquino (ITTA), pp. 421–430 (ISSN: 1981-9390).
  • “Hesychast Theology in the Work of St Gennadios Scholarios”, in 1st International Scholarly Conference of Chalcedon: “St Gennadios Scholarios between East and West”, Holy Metropolis of Chalcedon – Barbounakis Publications, Thessaloniki 2023, pp. 277–287 (in Greek) (ISBN: 978-960-267-540-3).
  • “John of Sinai in the Hesychast Tradition of the Fourteenth Century” (in Greek) (forthcoming).
  • “Reception and Interpretation of the Patristic Tradition in Theophanes of Nicaea’s Works”, Studia Patristica, vol. CXXIX, Peeters, Leuven 2021, pp. 341–352 (ISBN: 978-90-429-4786-3).
  • “Corruption and Immortality according to Saint John Chrysostom”, in Pastorație și misiune în viața, slujirea și scrierile Sfântului Ioan Gură de Aur. Simpozion internațional, octombrie 2015, Universitatea Ovidius Constanța, Facultatea de Teologie Ortodoxă „Sfântul Apostol Andrei”, Presa Universitară Clujeană 2015, pp. 159–162 (ISBN: 978-973-595-872-5; 978-606-526-201-0).
  • “Theophanes of Nicaea’s Interpretation of the Areopagitic ‘Divine Circle’ in the Fourteenth-Century Discussions on Creation”, Greek Orthodox Theological Review (GOTR) 60.3–4 (2015), pp. 115–130 (ISSN: 0017-3894).
  • “Theophanes of Nicaea, Five Orations on the Light of Tabor: Palamite or Thomistic Influence on His Theology?”, Greek Orthodox Theological Review (GOTR) 55.1–4 (2010), pp. 243–250 (ISSN: 0017-3894).
  • N. Matthaiou – P. Toulis, “Art in the Service of Worship: Investigating the Influence of Popular Religiosity on the Music and Iconography of the Eastern and Western Churches. Secular Elements Incorporated into the Liturgical Tradition: Dogmatic Agreements and Divergences. Representative Examples of Popular Musical Expression in the Hymnography of the Church”, in Issues in the Didactics of Religious Education, vol. 4 – Proceedings of the 4th Panhellenic Conference of Theologians: Religious Education: Contemporary Trends and Current Issues, Thessaloniki 2022, pp. 356–372 (in Greek) (eISSN: 2585-3791; ISBN: 978-618-84513-4-6).

Encyclopedia Entries

  • “Angelos, John Doukas Komnenos”, Great Orthodox Christian Encyclopedia (MOXE), vol. 1, Strategikes Ekdoseis, Athens 2011, p. 108 (in Greek).
  • “Angelos, John Doukas Komnenos, Sebastokrator of Thessaly”, Great Orthodox Christian Encyclopedia (MOXE), vol. 1, Strategikes Ekdoseis, Athens 2011, p. 109 (in Greek).
  • “Theological Academies Abroad”, Great Orthodox Christian Encyclopedia (MOXE), vol. 2, Strategikes Ekdoseis, Athens 2011, p. 27 (in Greek).